Tina Knowle-Lawsonis celebrating her fellowCapricornand beloved granddaughterBlue Ivy Carter.The Knowles family matriarch, 69, paid tribute toBeyoncé’s oldest child for her 11th birthday in an Instagram post shared Sunday, featuring a photo of Tina and the youngGrammy Award-winningbirthday girl posing together on a beach.“The day that you were born wasone of the best days of my life,” she started in the caption. “I was really praying and pushing your mom to have you on January 4 which is my birthday. I really wanted you to share my birthday, but like your auntie Solo [Solange Knowles] you decided to come when you were good and damn ready and that was on January 7 three days after my birthday.“Knowing you and your personality now, I realize that you needed your own day because you were such a queen and you are so very special! You can sing dance, play basketball, play volleyball, paint, draw, sculpt, sew, write poetry, write songs, create, act, play the piano!I could go on and on. Because there’s really nothing that you can’t do.“You are funny and beautiful and graceful, kind, and so smart. I could not ask for a better granddaughter, Ms. Blue Ivy Carter! I could not be more blessed, grateful, and completely in love with another human. You truly bring me joy!! Grandma T,” Knowles-Lawson signed the post.Beyoncé, 41, and husbandJay-Z, whotied the knotin 2008,welcomed Blue Ivyin 2012, and they also share 5½-year-old twins,daughter Rumi and son Sir.Jay-Z, 53, previouslyraved about being a fatherto their three children and spending time together as a family as he appeared onKevin Hart’s Peacock talk showHart to Heartin July.“Time is all you have. That’s the only thing we control,” he said. “It’s how you spend your time. You’re reckless with your time before, you’re just all over the place and then you have to… What are you leaving your house for?“RELATED VIDEO: Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s Daughter Blue Ivy, 10, Bids Over $80K on a Pair of Diamond Earrings"Every second that you spend, you’re spending away from the development of these people that you brought here, that you love more than anything in the world. So what are you going to spend that time on? So that changed a lot. That changed practically everything for me,” Carter added.

Tina Knowle-Lawsonis celebrating her fellowCapricornand beloved granddaughterBlue Ivy Carter.

The Knowles family matriarch, 69, paid tribute toBeyoncé’s oldest child for her 11th birthday in an Instagram post shared Sunday, featuring a photo of Tina and the youngGrammy Award-winningbirthday girl posing together on a beach.

“The day that you were born wasone of the best days of my life,” she started in the caption. “I was really praying and pushing your mom to have you on January 4 which is my birthday. I really wanted you to share my birthday, but like your auntie Solo [Solange Knowles] you decided to come when you were good and damn ready and that was on January 7 three days after my birthday.

“Knowing you and your personality now, I realize that you needed your own day because you were such a queen and you are so very special! You can sing dance, play basketball, play volleyball, paint, draw, sculpt, sew, write poetry, write songs, create, act, play the piano!I could go on and on. Because there’s really nothing that you can’t do.

“You are funny and beautiful and graceful, kind, and so smart. I could not ask for a better granddaughter, Ms. Blue Ivy Carter! I could not be more blessed, grateful, and completely in love with another human. You truly bring me joy!! Grandma T,” Knowles-Lawson signed the post.

Beyoncé, 41, and husbandJay-Z, whotied the knotin 2008,welcomed Blue Ivyin 2012, and they also share 5½-year-old twins,daughter Rumi and son Sir.

Jay-Z, 53, previouslyraved about being a fatherto their three children and spending time together as a family as he appeared onKevin Hart’s Peacock talk showHart to Heartin July.

“Time is all you have. That’s the only thing we control,” he said. “It’s how you spend your time. You’re reckless with your time before, you’re just all over the place and then you have to… What are you leaving your house for?”

RELATED VIDEO: Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s Daughter Blue Ivy, 10, Bids Over $80K on a Pair of Diamond Earrings

“Every second that you spend, you’re spending away from the development of these people that you brought here, that you love more than anything in the world. So what are you going to spend that time on? So that changed a lot. That changed practically everything for me,” Carter added.

source: people.com